Methyl sulphites of secondary aromatic aliphatic amines and process of making same



' 'MAX BocKMt'IHL AND KURT wiINnIsoH, or Hoc sT-oN -rHn- AIN; GERMANY,

ASSIGNORS TO FARBVTERKE VORIVI. MEISTER LUCIUS 6 METHYL sULP ITEs or snoonnnny AROM'ATIC' ALIPne'rrc I or MAKING sAME.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MAX Booniur'iiin and KURT WINnIscH, citizens of Germany, residing at Hochst-on-the-Main, Germany,

have invented certain new anduseful Impears to be associated with a more complex composition than that of the known methylbisulphites of methylaniline, ethylaniline and benzylaniline, since these bodies do not exhibit the action to an appreciable'extent.

The process consists in condensing secondary aromatic-aliphatic amines of the formula wherein R stands for a substituted aromatic residue and R, stands for an aliphatic residue, with formaldehydebisulphite. The products readily dissolve in water and are decomposed by addition of acids.

The following examples illustrate our invention, the parts being by weight 1. Manufacture of sodium N -methyZ-p phenetidz'ne-methyl'sulp kite.

,8, 2 parts of a formaldehyde solution of 36,6 per cent strength, 26 parts of a solution of sodium bisulphite of 40 per cent strength, 15 parts of N-methylphenetidine and 25 parts of alcohol are heated together to boiling; a homogeneous solution is obtained from which the product of the reaction separates. This product is filtered and is redissolved in dilute alcohol. The substance obtained decomposes at 265 C. It readily dissolves in water and is distinguished from the compound described in German specification No. 209,695 by the following reactiom-The addition of hydrochloric acid to 1921. Seria1 No.485,403. a

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2. Manufacture of sodium N -th3 Z'-p-phene tz'dz'ne methylsulphite.

24,6 parts of a formaldehyde. solution of 36,6 per cent strength, 78 parts o f a solution of sodium bisulphite of 40 per cent strength and 49 parts of ethyl phenetidine are stirred together for some hours at 25-30 C. until a homogeneous solution is obtained. "The minor part of the product of the reaction crystallises during the night, whilst the remaining part is obtained by concentrating the mother liquor. The salt is redissolved in alcohol; thetemperature at which it I clecompound possesses the same properties as those of the methyl compound obtainable as described in Example Y 3. Preparation of sodium J-phenyZ-Qfl-aZ-fi methyZ-5-p'yra20Z0ne-4-ethylaminomethylsulphz'te. There are introduced into 28 parts of ethylamino-antipyrine a still hot solution obtained by the reaction ores parts of formaldehyde of 36,6 per cent strength with 26 parts of sodium bisulphite ofLO- per cent strength, and the whole is stirred,

After ashort time a clear solution is.ob-' tained. This solution isconcentrated, preferably in a vacuum, until the water is removed and the residueis redissolved in aqueous acetone. its water of crystallization between 80 and C. and is very readily soluble in water. On heating it with-dilute hydrochloric acid, sulphurous acid is eliminated.

Having now described our invention what we claim is 1. As a new process, the manufacture of compounds of the general formula The substance melts in forrany alkali metal includingv ammonium,

by condensing with formaldehyde bisul- 7'0 composes is not sharply defined. The new wherein R stands for a substituted aromatic residue, R for an aliphatic residue,and Me for any alkali metal including ammonium,

i being solid compounds Which dissolve in water and decompose on addition of an acid and which have preeminent antipyretic effioiency. I

In testimony whereof, We afiix our signatures.

DR, MAX BOCKMUHL, DR. KURT WINDISCH. 

